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GM and Chrysler Auto Sales are Up

Automaker's sales in general are up. Neal Boudette explains why auto makers are seeing an increase in sales.

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the ... straight out to Detroit with them early ad sales both are in process for the auto maker is ... an Chrysler and General Motors are coming up with the throng that last month he'll tell us ... about what we know so far about the tech company ... the General Motors up eighteen percent the Sun nineteen percent Chrysler to thirty one percent ... and we just a headline go forward up eleven percent ... this is stronger than people thought that the month of August it seemed like it is going to be pretty sluggish ... the best is always the retail sales that their sales to individual consumers that dealership's ... pretty strong ... price their sing their retail sales up forty two percent ... GM plus twenty two percent so that that that means consumers despite the worries about the economy still buying cars ... and what ... the company they are saying about the fact inning here we have an economy struggling consumer common and ... other members can now tag not so encouraging and then filled them economic that a lot of consumers feeling the pinch though ... the fight that even I have hurt in there with winning the got out there are buying cars what did the auto maker's attribute that to ... when the actor is just that each of the people sought better on the road remember people stop buying during the recession two thousand ate two thousandnine are you don't spend ... a lot of people are just driving clunkers noted the need to replace and can't wait any longer ... I'm certainly the economy is the isthe were right but you can use that credit is available if you get decent credit scores you get Harlan ... and banks are offering a pretty reasonable rates ... so you get credit and ... into the team working for it ... and then came from the dealers we know that a lot of time baby will ... roll out an incentive for people to come in and buy were here at the time for him toward the end of summer were intensifying are all in the number of conduct ... below the incentives are a mockery of that they're not back to the crazy levels we had in two thousand by two thousand six and the good news for the auto industry ... is that prices are holding pre firms so ... they're making good margin on cars that they're selling and they're not getting the giveaway ... the exact incentives four thousand dollars in cash and that something they're not having a giveaway yet incentives to get to get customers to sign the dotted line ... and part of that added to earlier Bolton was expected for the rest of the main purported for example I do analysts say that then expected to continue ... you'll probably see me coming with ... a very strong numbers on the downside ... pundits like it very tough market are struggling to get inventory ... and he into dealerships that as a result of the lingering effects of the earthquake ... in March ... Biota very much in the same boat ... he'll probably have a down month ... of the Hyundai will probably get worse one ... end and the Volkswagen is offering reported they were up about ten percent ... of electric car maker still doing pretty well received in the end of the ... two ... all right now thank the much for joining us the prefecture pass